Comments on: Xbox 360 “Core” – No HDD

By: Pinkjoint » Xbox 360 Australian Release Date: March 2, 2006!

Pinkjoint » Xbox 360 Australian Release Date: March 2, 2006! — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:43:12 +0000

[...] Well, we were close on the price, but our launch date (we’d predicted March 31) was nearly a month out. And a month for the better! [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:30:26 +0000

Oh, were those specs I read on the *internal* web site…. ooops.

By: SpongBo

SpongBo — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:45:04 +0000

And nobody’s really sure what the PS3 is likely to ship with; we know something about the processor specs, but have no idea of anything else. Sony showed a prototype design at e3 this year; looks like they might be ready for a launch by e3 next year. Maybe.

MS get the advantage of having the console and the games out there and wowing the crowds until PS3 launches, and hopefully for them, by then the costs have come down, and the console price can drop an eency bit again.

By: SpongBo

SpongBo — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:14:13 +0000

FTM is an acceptable acronym (lucky for you).

Good point about the accessories; the thing is: would a consumer really go for the low-end model?

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:02:09 +0000

Or maybe it’s because they make the consoles at a loss, therefore they only want to sell you the bare core system at a loss and then make a resonable profit (or at least cost) on the acce$$ori$e$.

Am I right in also saying the the PS3 has an optional HDD that attaches to the side of the console, therefore they are pre-empting the fact that if they included a HDD the Sony would undercut them and make it optional (if they aren’t already) and claim to have the cheaper console.

I think I’m right in saying MS’s main strategy with round 2 (or 3 for others) is to be FTM* and therefore they need want to convince all the kiddies to buys and Xbox for Xmas (hmm.. conspiracy right there) rather than thinking “I’ll just wait 3 months and see what the PS3 is like”.

* First To Market — not an official TLA (that I know of), but makes me sound like I know what I’m talking about.